1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: Cantareus apertus (Born) (: : )

Common Name Green Snail Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au:80/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136490

Image Library Australian Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au:80/pests-and-diseases/

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Museum Victoria http://museumvictoria.com.au/

CRC National Plant Biosecurity http://www.crcplantbiosecurity.com.au/

Plant Health Australia http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foresty http://www.daff.gov.au/

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/ 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2005) Green Snail(Cantareus apertus)Updated on 9/23/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au:80/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136490

2.3. Facets Status: Exotic Species Occurrence in Australia Group: Snail Commodity Overview: General, Field Crops and Pastures, Horticulture Commodity Type: Fresh Stems, Fresh Vegetables, Grasses, Pastures, Ornamentals, Leaves Distribution: Europe and Northern Asia, Mediterranean Basin, Australasian - Oceanian

2.4. Other Names Green escargot Green garden snail aperta Born

2.5. Diagnostic Notes Family characteristics of Helicidae: Shells are dextral and vary in form from discoidal to subglobose, globose and turreted to conic with an elevated spire. Shells are usually umbilicated and unicoloured but often with spiral bands. The aperature is usually rounded and lacks teeth or lamellae and the peristome is simple or reflected. Source: Smith, B. & J. Stanisic (1998). Superorder Pulmonata, pp. 1037-1125, in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) Mollusca - The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australian Volume 5. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne, Part B viii 565-1234pp. The shell is oval with thin walls and a little glossy.It has 3.5-4 whorls, a very large, oval aperture, with a height of 20-26 mm and a width of 24-30 mm. The colour is yellowish brown, sometimes with speckles. The itself is greenish brown.

Source: http://members.tripod.com/arnobrosi/snailspecies.html

2.6. References Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial (Mollusca: ). Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press pp. 5–253 [61] Smith, B. & J. Stanisic (1998). Superorder Pulmonata, pp. 1037-1125, in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) Mollusca - The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australian Volume 5. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne, Part B viii 565-1234pp. Abbott, T. (1989). Compendium of Landshells - A colour guide to more than 2,000 of the World's Terrestrial Shells. American Malacologists.

2.7. Web Links Common names: http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_4265.htm Queensland DPI Identification Guide: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/health/14366.html Useful snail website: http://members.tripod.com/arnobrosi/snailspecies.html Western Australia Pest Alert: http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/infonote/infonotes/Aoo689.htm AFD Generic status: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online- resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Cantareus AFD species list: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online- resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Cantareus/names 3. Diagnostic Images

Specimen intercepted by AQIS Victoria Specimen intercepted by AQIS Victoria Dorsal view: Ken Walker Museum Victoria Lateral view: Ken Walker Museum Victoria

Specimen intercepted by AQIS Victoria Specimen intercepted by AQIS Victoria Spire view: Ken Walker Museum Victoria Ventral view: Ken Walker Museum Victoria

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